Monday, 2 March 2026

Book Sales March - live and online

Above: Holding image till something better comes along

Live events / classes et al - x books (£x)
Etsy - x books (£x)
D2D - x books  ($x)
Lulu - x books (£x)
Blurb - x book ($x)

Live Sales March 2026 = x books (£x)

Mar 2 - Exhall Grange (additional) - 9 books (£126)

9 x Romeo col

Mar 3 - Leigh Academy - 23 books (£139.80)

23 x Space Elain bw @ £6.99

(Forgot it was a sci fi themed day and I'd offered them Space Elains at a special price, so had to order them afterwards. I don't usually offer that book to schools, or usually sell black & white editions).

Mar 4 - Staines Library - 2 books (£26)

1 x Romeo col
1 x Richard col

Mar 5 - Oak Bank - 5 books (£62)

2 x Romeo  col

1 x Richard 3rd col

1 x Tales from the Bible col

1 x Space Elain col


Mar 6 - Millfield - 21 books (£221.96)


5 x Romeo col

1 x Romeo bw

3 x Richard col

2 x Richard bw

2 x FM

1 x PODS

3 x MNDT

1 x Space Elain col

3 x Kids comics (2 Sausages, 1 Humpty)


Mar 8 - Liverpool Book Fest - 53 books (£555.74)


14 x Romeo col

1 x Romeo bw

3 x Richard col

4 x FM

2 x PODS

5 x MNDT

4 x Omnibus (sold out)

2 x Space Elain col

1 x Joseph col

1 x Esther col

16 x Colouring books:

- 3 x Euro vol 2

- 2 x Doctors, Royalty (sold out)

- 1 x Cult, Bowie, Euro vol 1, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 20s, Rom Com




Lives Sales Total March 26 (up to Liverpool) - 113 books (£1131.50)

tbc

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Saturday, 28 February 2026

Taylor Swift Knocks The School Down With A Tesco Trolley - comics by kids


Here we see the fruits of a week spent in schools, almost all beginning with C: Cathedral, Cramlington, Colne, and Carnforth and an overnight stay in Cambridge, to be precise.


Cathedral School in Lancaster was an opportune last minute booking that served to break the journey perfectly, to a school that was even further north. So I was able to drive up on Tuesday morning, do a two hour class in the afternoon, and continue my drive north to Wednesday's school. 


Cramlington in Lancashire came up with a couple of cracking titles that inspired a couple of equally nice cover designs. Fool that I am, I then undertake to colour these in the evening, after my long drive to the next destination, and email them back to the school. I do hope they appreciate all this effort. 


Actually I do know they appreciate all this effort, because two schools, one of them being Colne Primet in Lancs, had my comic covers on te wall from my last visit. It's good to know they don't forget you the minute you leave. And, by the way, isn't How To Waste The Time Of A Comic Book Author Who Comes To Your School an iconic title, and prime contender to be on the front cover of next year's annual?


Carnforth High was the fourth Lancashire school in a row, serving as a good reminder of just how large Lancashire is. Having booked these schools thinking "they're all in Lancashire, they'll be close together", they were an average of two hours apart! But the drive between Lancashire schools was nothing compared to the drive to my next day's destination.


Royal Hospital School near Ipswich is one of those schools that works on Saturday mornings, with all that entails. My drive from Carnforth saw me breaking the journey in Cambridge, from where there was still an hour and bit to drive to work followed by a three and a half hour drive home. I'm sorry I've rather dwelt on the least interesting part of my work, which is the travelling bit, but sometimes this will happen. My I've listened to a lot of podcasts this week.

The celebrities these 8 groups chose to star in my demonstration strip were Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Miss Milesi (a teacher), Ozzy Osborne, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Eminem (twice, at the same school), and Claudia Winkleman.

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Saturday, 21 February 2026

The Stupid Bunny That Fell In The Bin - comics by kids


A busy first week and a bit of February saw me doing Comic Art Masterclasses in Coventry, Putney, Cranleigh, Derbyshire and Stamford. And what a beautiful bumper bundle of comics the kids and me have produced together, wouldn't you say?


Exhall Grange in Coventry is a school that's had me back a few times now, so I must be doing something right. A couple of spiffing comic titles from them inspired a couple of nice covers.


If it's Half Term then it must be a whole week of classes, beginning with Surrey Explorers, who organise classes in Putney Methodist Church. It's the third or maybe fourth time they've had me. A smashing group of kids made another cracking comic. I even think they're getting to know me down the road at Mailboxes where I have to go to produce the photocopied comic they take away at the end.


Two days in a row in Surrey, this time at Cranleigh Arts Centre. I won't say it's posh, but out of the window I could see a half-timbered petrol station. Genuinely. Bonus marks for the creation, by the pupil who probably spelled it that way unintentionally, of the Lepricorn.


Derbyshire libraries arranged a couple of sellout classes at Alvaston and Mickleover libraries, which were great fun though they had one caveat: the libraries had no photocopiers. They're the first libraries I've gone to with no copier, which is a sad development, for me at least. I hope it's not county-wide, though I have a dreadful fear it might be. They're expensive things and, I guess, people use them less and less. It doesn't bode well for the future of my classes cos I rely on a photocopier to be able to give the kids their A5 comic to takeaway. Luckily these punters hadn't paid for their places (I'm pretty sure) so they shouldn't feel short changed by not getting a comic to take away. They still got their caricatures, all the art they'd produced, and the front cover, once I'd coloured it, emailed to the library (and, I assume, forwarded to them). Fingers crossed nobody wanted their money back.


Friday saw two classes at Stamford Arts Centre in Lincs, and what a couple of smashers to end a top week with. Lots of satisfied customers, and a shedload of driving. Bish bash bosh. Oh, and I sold 80 books.

The celebrities these nine groups chose to appear in my demonstration strip were Taylor Swift (twice), James Bond, Albert Einstein, Donald Trump, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jackson, Mr Beast, and Clare Balding.

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